Hamilton and Muriel Lokey oral history interview, 1989 Jan. 26.

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Hamilton and Muriel Lokey oral history interview, 1989 Jan. 26.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38477675

The collection consists of an oral history interview with Hamilton Lokey and Muriel Lokey on January 26, 1989 in which they discuss climbing Mt. Ranier; 1953 campaign for legislature; the "Courthouse Ring" and organized labor; Cicero Kendrick; J. Allen Couch's public indecency; introduction to politics; implementing the Plan of Improvement; county unit system; Fred Hand; City of Atlanta in DeKalb County; issue of combining Atlanta and Fulton County; Bill Hartsfield; Helen Bullard; James Mackay and the Interposition Resolution; country politicians vote to keep their jobs; Atlanta school desegregation; Hartsfield and the press; 3:00 A.M. phone call to Roy Harris; Coastal Plains Committee; two new judges for Fulton Superior Court; helping rural legislators; Belle Watling; Randolph Hearst; war time service; 1962 reapportionment lawsuit; Robert Toombs; investiture of Prince of Wales; Henry Bowden brings desegregation lawsuit; Helen Douglas Mankin; Hamilton Douglas; and family background.

1 audiotape ; cassette.Transcript (106 p.)

Georgia State University

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Georgia State University

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